Monument.



F. E. FLACK.

MONUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1915.,

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

v U I o s I Inventor V I I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED E. FLACK, or URSA, ILLINOIS.

MONUMENT.

Monument, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a monument, adapted to be employed not only as a tomb stone, but under all conditions in which an index or votive stone is required.

The invention aims to provide an article of the sort above mentioned comprising a body and a protecting case of glass, the case being so constructed that moisture cannot find its way therein. The body portion of the article is provided with a marker, visible through the case, an one object of the invention is to provide a structure of the sort above mentioned in which the marker will remain assembled with the body should the glass case be broken accidentally and be removed, novel means being provided for protecting the exposed surface of the marker after the glass case is removed.

It is within the scope of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices'of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood 7 that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scop of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention, the case being inverted; Fig.2isaperspective showing the case in its normal position; Fig. 3 is a transverse section; Fig. 4 is a perspective showing a modified form of the invention; Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the structure shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section showing a modified form of the invention; Fig. 7 is a fragmental vertical section showing a structure applicable to all forms of the invention but delineated in connection with that form of the invention which is shown in Fig. 6.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a one piece case, made of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 12, 1916,

' Application file l February 12, 1915. Serial No. 7,786.

glass and provided in its base with a single opening, located within the contour of the asez i The case may be in the form of a cylinder 1 adapted to be horizontally disposed, the base of the case 1 being designated by the reference character 2, and the opening in the base 2 being shown at 3. The case may be in the form of a vertical cylinder at having an opening 5 in its base and located within the contour of the base. The case may be of rectangular form as shown at 6, the case 6 being equipped'with anopening 7 located in the base of the case and within the contour of the case. 'Whatever be the form of the case, a cementitious body 8 is inserted into the case, in a plastic condition, through the opening, and fills the case. The body 8 may be in the form of an aggregate comprising broken or comminuted granite or other material, a cement (preferably a hydraulic cement), and a coloring matter whereby the cement is made to assume the hue of the granite or' other material employed. 1

In all'forms of the invention, a marker 9 is employed. This marker may consist of one or more letters, or a design of some sort. The marker 9 is secured to the inner face of the case by means of cement indicated at 10 and afterward the body 8 is inserted, in a plastic condition into the case. Owing to the fact that the marker 9 is cemented to the inner face of the case, the marker will not be disarranged during the insertion of the cementitious body 8 into the case. The marker 9 preferably is provided with an anchor 11 with which the body 8 engages, and the marker is located close to the case so as to be visible readily therethrough.

Although the case may be of transparent glass, the case may be colored slightly to approximate the tint of the body 8. This detail is not insisted upon, however, since a coloring of the glass tends to obscure the marker 9. The cement 10 preferably is of a transparent nature so that the marker 9 (which is of a distinctive color as compared with the body 8) will not be obscured.

Especial attention is directed to the fact that the case, in all forms of the invention is a one piece structure. It should be noted, also, that the opening through which the ocmentitious body 8 is inserted, lies in the base of the case and within the contour of the base, Therefore, after the monument Will present no unsightly appearance.

marker 9 is anchored firmly in the body 8,

so that the case may be removed when it is broken accidentally, Without in any Wise affecting the ends contemplated by the structure. The cement 10 is of Weather resisting properties and protects the exposed face of the marker 9 after the case has been removed.

The cement 10, therefore, exercises a double function in that it first serves to hold the marker 9 in place during the insertion of the plastic body 8 and secondly, protects the exposed face of the marker after the case has been broken accidentally and been removed.

As shown at 12, a trade mark or the like may be fashioned in the glass case.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is In a device of the class described, a glass case; a marker; a cementitious body filling the case, the marker being of a color different from that of the body, the marker being anchored in the body; and cement uniting the outer face of the marker With the inner face of the case, the cement constituting means for holding the marker in place during the insertion of the body in the case, the cement being of Weather resisting properties, thereby to protect the marker when the case is broken, and being transparent, thereby to preserve the distinctive color of the marker.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRED E. FLACK.

WVitnesses:

ROY SHUL'rz, J OHN VAN DYKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

